Dear _____,

You hurt me. You did, and I could deny it if I wanted to. I could keep on going with my life and pretend that it didn’t matter to me, because that’s what society wants me to do. However, I choose not to do that. It did matter to me. I enjoyed the time I spent with you, and I don’t regret meeting you even though it ended badly. You aren’t in my life anymore because you weren’t good for me. Everything happens for a reason, and that’s how I know you weren’t meant to be important to me for any long period of time. You were meant to be a lesson to me, and I am going to take that lesson and become a better person for it.

As easy as it can be to sweep everything under the rug and pretend that I’m fine, I’m not. I’m upset, and I have every right to be upset. My feelings do not need to be acknowledged, by you or anyone else, to be valid. It’s okay that I’m hurt, and instead of letting it destroy me, I am going to use it to make myself better.

Because of what you did, I now know how to recognize negative qualities in people. Next time, I will know how to heed the warning signs. Yes, the experience sucked, but there is something to be gained from it. Everything that I go through teaches me something, if i am just open to listening. Nothing is ever truly all bad, and it’s not something that I am incapable of getting over. I am going to be okay. You are not a part of my story anymore, but there’s a reason for that. Some people are only in our lives for a brief period of time, in order to teach us something, and I guess you were just one of those people.

I will never let any person destroy my spirit. Nobody is important enough to take away the essence of who I am. If I decide to let you change me, it will only be positive change that comes from growth and experience. The truth is, I can’t control who comes in and out of my life as much as I can control how they affect me...and right now, I am making the choice to do better, in spite of how you tried to make me feel worse. I don’t regret meeting you, and I hope you feel the same. Although you didn’t deserve to know me or to take up my time, I still hope you appreciated what I gave you. In the end, it’s all you can do.